Do you remember this post:

Bad news and good news...
Texas does not protect Box Turtles. But they now have a Box Turtle Monitoring System in place
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/nature/education/tracker/boxturtles/ due to the efforts of the "Box Turtle Partnership of Texas". The BTPT http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BTPT/ goal is "The Box Turtle
Partnership of Texas advocates the preservation of box turtle populations in their native habitats through education, research, and protection from overharvesting." The main goal is to halt commercial collecting.

Tim Cole
(***) **-snake
Conservation through Education

You were one of the main members of the BTPT weren't you? And box turtles are a part of the White and Black List regulation. You succeeded in stopping the captive breeding of native Texas box turtles. The Black List allows the collection of six natives but no captive breeding and no sales. You can breed box turtles in Texas but they must come from a legal out of state source, no natives. Good work and good luck to the natives!

You are member of HCU right? Here are some statements from the former President of HCU on the Houston Repile Boards from Dec 3, 2007:

HCU supports both the white and black lists (the idea). HCU favors black listing Box Turtles. We do not support trade in wild caught Box Turtles.

It seems an entire group of Texas herpers supports the White and Black Lists.

Welkerii

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